Type Chinese characters above to see them written stroke by stroke in a full-size grid.
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Watch any Chinese character drawn stroke by stroke. Type a character and this free tool plays a clear stroke order animation, so you can see exactly where each stroke starts, which direction it travels, and the order the strokes are written in.
Correct stroke order (笔顺 bǐshùn) matters more than many beginners expect. Characters written in the right order look better balanced, are easier to remember, and connect naturally when writing quickly. Stroke order also follows consistent rules — top before bottom, left before right, horizontal before vertical — so every character you study reinforces the system.
Use the animations alongside the worksheet generator: watch a character animate here, then print a Tian Zi Ge practice sheet and write it by hand. Seeing, then writing, is the fastest path to remembering Hanzi.
Type or paste the character into the input box and the animation plays automatically, drawing each stroke in the correct sequence. You can replay the animation as many times as you like and study characters at your own pace.
Consistent stroke order produces well-proportioned characters, builds muscle memory so writing becomes automatic, and makes handwriting legible at speed. It also helps with looking up characters by hand and recognizing handwritten or cursive text later on.
The main rules: write top to bottom (三), left to right (川), horizontal strokes before vertical ones that cross them (十), outside enclosures before the inside (月), but close the bottom of a box last (国), and center strokes before symmetrical wings (小). Exceptions exist, which is why watching each character animated helps.
The tool covers the full range of commonly used simplified Chinese characters, including everything in HSK vocabulary lists. Type any character to check — if stroke data exists for it, the animation plays immediately.
Yes, completely free with no account required. It runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet, or phone, making it easy to check a character's stroke order mid-lesson or while doing homework.